Method for accessing to external site for each country and mobile communication terminal using the same

Abstract

A method for accessing to an external site and a mobile communication terminal using the same to gain access to a site according to a country of the user. According to the method for accessing to an external site, a mobile communication terminal automatically accesses an external site which provides a service for a particular country corresponding to country information extracted from memory such as a subscriber identification card. A user can access a site which provides a service for his or her country, often in the primary language used the user's country, simply by use of their mobile communication terminal, without performing an additional operation for selecting a country.

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CLAIM OF PRIORITY[0001]This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 from Korean Patent Application No. 10-2009-86205, filed on Sep. 13, 2009, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a method for accessing to an external site and a mobile communication terminal for use with the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for accessing an external site for use of a service provided for each country and a mobile communication terminal using the same.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Recently, multinational companies provide the various countries in which they do business with corporate services, that include access to Internet sites to request and obtain many of such services. Accordingly, the same service is provided to each of the various countries in ...

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Benefits of technology

[0023]According to yet another exemplary aspect of the present invention, the control unit may control the communication unit to transmit a request for accessing to an external site and the extracted country information to the external site, to receive an address of the external site corresponding to the country information from the external site, and to access the external site that provides a service for the country using the address.

[0024]According to still another exemplary aspect of the present invention, the controlling unit may preferably control the request for accessing an external site and the extracted country information to be transmitted to the external site only when initially accessing to the external site.

[0025]According to even another exemplary aspect of the present invention, the controlling unit may control the request for accessing an external site and the extracted country information to be transmitted to the external site whenever accessing to the external site.

Problems solved by technology

If a user accesses an Internet service using a cellular phone, the user typically has to perform a number of processes just to select a desired country service and thus pays connection expenses for these services.

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